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title: Kalani's friend says documentaries are "boring school stuff". What i… — Age ratings, scary films and choosing… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kalani's friend says documentaries are "boring school stuff". What is fair to say? Test 9 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 9 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch

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Kalani's friend says documentaries are "boring school stuff". What is fair to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, documentaries · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** boring school stuff · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kalani's friend says documentaries are "boring school stuff".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t9:1
# text = Kalani's friend says documentaries are "boring school stuff".
1	Kalani	Kalani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	documentaries	documentary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kalani's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | documentaries | boring school stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What is fair to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t9:2
# text = What is fair to say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Documentaries are only made for teachers to show in their lessons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t9:o1:1
# text = Documentaries are only made for teachers to show in their lessons
1	Documentaries	documentary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Documentaries |  |  |  | for teachers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for teacher=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | Documentaries's lessons |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many are gripping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t9:o2:1
# text = Many are gripping
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	gripping	grip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | present · progressive | Many |  |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All documentaries are boring because that is the rule for making them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t9:o3:1
# text = All documentaries are boring because that is the rule for making them
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	documentaries	documentary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all documentaries |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | gerund | the rule *not said here* | documentaries *= documentary* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real life is never anywhere near as exciting as a cartoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch:t9:o4:1
# text = Real life is never anywhere near as exciting as a cartoon
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	near	near	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real life |  |  |  |  | as a cartoon; exciting, near *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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